Out of focus with blured streaky monotone display.

Suspect that the camera has been dropped, there is a chip on the bottom of the inner lens metal casing (engraved), it sometimes comes into focus and after some time the color returns slowly, the pics have strait evenly spaced horizontal lines.

Took the camera to a camera shop that a friend of mine works at and it was confirmed that it was the ccd, the company also does the warranty repairs for Cannon and the probability of getting it repaired, because it was damaged (even slightly), under warranty was about 1% and they wanted $20 shipping costs up front. Am going to pull it apart just to see how hard it really is.Took the camera to a camera shop that a friend of mine works at and it was confirmed that it was the ccd, the company also does the warranty repairs for Cannon and the probability of getting it repaired, because it was damaged (even slightly), under warranty was about 1% and they wanted $20 shipping costs up front. Am going to pull it apart just to see how hard it really is.

Before you open it, think you should give Canon a call and deal with them directly. Think you'll be pleased.Before you open it, think you should give Canon a call and deal with them directly. Think you'll be pleased.

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Dis you check the front lens? is it still clean and shiny?
Only clean a lens with a lens pen or tools special made for lenses. Normal cloth, and paper for sure can scratch the lens. The coating on a camera lens is very delicate and needed for the quality of every shot.

Unfortunately dropping this model, and the f40, 45, 47 fd models, is suicidal for the camera. The lens has an inner slide ring which other models do not have and this ring has three lugs to keep the lens from spinning when powered up and used. Unfortunately these lugs are also clips which hold the focus lens inplace. These are tiny. hard to repair

You must be referring to the mirror. In the second part, you must be referring to the focusing screen. If you have not dropped it, there is no likelihood of this getting damaged. You could probably be looking at the split image screen. There is no quick solution for the problem. Please take the camera to the nearest service center.

try to set focus range (settings), to infinity or to an approximate distance to the object you need to take a photo of as sometimes the automatic setting does not always do a godd job at focusing , or look at the lens when it is on if its got grease use a wet camera lens cleaning kit (someone touched the glass of the lens ) a s grease makesa it hard for the camera to focus , hence blurrig or go into your options and lower the iso mode or take it off night node if any as the iso mode leads to high exposure time which means any light that changes would record as a smear hence blurring or use flash.

I tried following methods and it solved my problem.Turn OFF the camera, and pat the camera case (those metal parts) with your fingers with a bit of strength on each and every direction for several times while pointing your lens to different directions as well. Turn on again and it might work, if not, use some more strength (if you really can't use it now things could hardly be worse anyway...but avoid the LCD and those buttons). It looked that such problem was caused by some stuck focusing mechanism, at least in my case, and a bit of shock "resets" those lens to the original position, and we are happy.

The most common cause of this issue on the L3 is an impact which dislodges the focus element in the very front of the lens. The metal platform that the focus system is mounted to is attached with 1 screw and is able to flex slightly under stress. When impacted it flexes and allows the focus drive to become misaligned. The lens still technically works but the camera senses that the focus is jammed and leaves the lens extended so no components will be damaged by retracting.
This repair costs $145 at my shop, not an economical repair for this camera.
Some parts of the focus element are accessable from the front of the lens. You can remove the metal cover (it is glued down). Generally you will not be able to re-install the lens barrier, but it can be removed without harm to the camera. When you remove the plastic plate which carries the lens barrier you will see a small metal gear, this is the base of the focus drive.